PORTSMOUTH 2022 / #4/4 What’s gloriously possible… Back in January, my friend Maria and I held our own visioning retreat to take time to think about what’s next for each of us – for our businesses and our lives. One exercise we planned prompted us to create three different “odysseys” about where to go from here. The scenario for my own life that appealed to me the most was being a writer at the beach. I keep coming back to that dream. And I’ve been thinking more about that on this trip. My life lately has already been somewhat a…

PORTSMOUTH 2022 / #3 When you visit someplace new – a part of the world with lots of sights to see – you may get so attached to doing it all, you forget that you’re supposed to be on vacation. Or is that just me? I’m working on exploring the art of the slow vacation. No timelines, no absolutes, just do what you want, when you want. I’ve already felt this when I’ve been out and about and eating meals – leisurely, mindfully, happily. But today I took another step back into slow… But first – Rockport!On Wednesday, I drove…

PORTSMOUTH 2022 / #2 If you’ve followed my vacation blogs before now, you know they often wind up being a series of odes to the act of walking – on the beach, in nature, through tourist towns, etc. Today my adventure was to the coastal town of Ogunquit, Maine – just 25 minutes up the coast from Portsmouth. In a word: SPECTACULAR! STUNNING. MEDITATIVE. AWE-INSPIRING. (Pick one if you can.) I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves… On the Marginal Way – a cliff walk along the rocky crags on the ocean. The long shot of the beach was looking…

PORTSMOUTH 2022 / #1 Sometimes things happen just in the nick of time… This vacation is like that for me. It couldn’t come soon enough to reset my perspective and help me regroup. Unlike in other years, I don’t need the vacation because things are too crazy – I need it because things are too slow. I need my energy back and my goals reenergized. And so I think this little sojourn comes just in the nick of time. I’m in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Why Portsmouth, you say? Well, a Facebook friend posted pics from a trip here (staying in…